Zurückhaltung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- forbearance noun An arrangement in which a lender agrees to pause or reduce a borrower's payments for a set period instead of treating the loan as in default.
- restraint noun A device or measure that holds something back or keeps it secure.
- retention noun The ability to hold onto or remember information.
- reticence noun A reluctance to say too much, especially about personal matters.
Senses
Zurückhaltung is used for these senses in English:
- diffidence The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
- forbearance Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.
- restraint (uncountable) control or caution; reserve
- retention The act of retaining or something retained.
- reticence (uncountable) A silent and reserved nature.
forbearance — full definition
- noun An arrangement in which a lender agrees to pause or reduce a borrower's payments for a set period instead of treating the loan as in default.
- noun Patient self-control shown by not reacting, retaliating or enforcing a right you could enforce.
restraint — full definition
- noun A device or measure that holds something back or keeps it secure.
- noun Self-control; the quality of holding back from acting on every impulse.
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